Year by year, our cities remain defeated in the face of weather conditions, costing us time, money, resources and often lives, observe Amit Kapoor and Bibek Debroy.
Russia President Vladimir Putin on Monday described India as a great power, a friendly nation and a time-tested friend and echoed common concerns over terrorism, drug trafficking and organised crime as he held wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Amid a flurry of housing project launches for flats worth crores of rupees, a new survey says Indians are mostly interested in buying houses worth Rs 20-50 lakh.
Severely critical of China, Pompeo, cited killing of Indian Army personnel in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh in a clash with the Chinese military, and asserted that both India and the US are taking steps to strengthen cooperation against all threats and not just those posed by the Chinese Communist Party.
A Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) team probing a financial fraud in Satyam Computer on Friday reached founder Ramaling Raju's house here, but returned as the premises was locked.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his visiting Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen on Saturday held 'fruitful' talks with a focus on expanding cooperation in a range of key areas such as health, agriculture, water management, climate change and renewable energy.
Opposition members said renaming of the new greenfield airport at Shamsbad after dropping the name of the late N T Rama Rao hurt "Telugu pride".
Johnson said Modi has been 'very strong' in his reaction to what happened in Bucha in Ukraine and that everyone understands and respects New Delhi's decades-old historic relationship with Moscow.
KCR said Home Minister Amit Shah himself speaking at a public meeting in Munugode in October had said within one month the TRS government will go away.
Congratulating Raj, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao praised the team led by her for their scintillating performance in the just-concluded women's World Cup, a release from the CM's office said.
United States President Barack Obama on Monday began talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on a wide range of bilateral and other issues. After a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Obama drove to the Hyderabad House from Rajghat to begin restricted talks with the prime minister, which would be followed by delegation-level talks. The two leaders are expected to issue a joint statement covering a number of issues ranging from security, trade and economy.
On the occasion, the PM presented a memento to the outgoing president.
'Mr Ballot Box' occupied the front row seat in the aircraft escorted under the watchful gaze of the Assistant Returning Officers of their respective states.
The bench, which also comprised Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, told the Maharashtra government to make its police officials "more responsible" on matters pending before the court.
Maharashtra is the BRS' first target.
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and External Affairs Minister S M Krishna will lead their respective delegations in the Second US-India Strategic Dialogue that will be held in Delhi on Tuesday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said that during his recent visit to India, he "keenly felt" that both sides had agreed to adhere to the leaders' consensus that the two countries are not a threat to each other and handle and manage their differences.
IT major Infosys Technologies, which has presence in 40 countries, will spend Rs 1,250 crore (Rs 12.50 billion) over the next ten years for its new facility at Pocharam, near Hyderabad, being constructed in a 450-acre special economic zone.
Though the Rajasthan Royals had several match-winners, the Sunrisers Hyderabad walked away with a stunning win at the Sawai Mansingh stadium.
Addressing a joint press conference at the Hyderabad House after official talks, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama stated the two countries have decided to expand cooperation in the fields of space, technology, health and agriculture.
The comment by the Chief Protocol Officer anchoring a ceremony on signing of memorandum of understanding left almost everyone at the event in splits.
Six persons, including four women, died of asphyxiation following a major fire in a multi-storey commercial complex in Secunderabad, officials said Friday.
The Delhi high said that the trial court order was unsustainable in law.
The Congress leader from Gujarat said the Dalit community has given a call for a nationwide candle march on February 19 in support of Solanki, who was a first-year student of B.Tech (chemical) course.
The National Geographic Traveler magazine has released its go-now destinations for 2015. And apna Hyderabad is on it!
The old city of Hyderabad was tense on Wednesday after a police team comprising nearly 50 persons raided the house of Moulana Nasiruddin, who is in custody of the Gujarat police, allegedly for the murder of former Home Minister Haren Pandya.
When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama sat down at the long table in Hyderabad House, the venue for the government's summit meetings, who were the ministers and officials present on both sides?
The India and US delegation level talks finalised many issues taking the partnership forward in the 21st century, Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce and Industry, said while talking to rediff.com.
United States First Lady Michelle Obama on Monday got a taste of India's rich cultural diversity when she visited the National Crafts Museum in Delhi. Attired in a green skirt and a black top, Michelle, 46, reached the museum soon after paying her respect at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial at the Rajghat. She broke away from United States President Barack Obama's cavalcade as her husband went straight to Hyderabad House for a summit meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Recognising that President Obama's visit was not aimed to achieve immediate goals, a policy brief circulated amongst top strategists and government officials by the PMO suggests building a base for long term India-US relations for 2020.
India and Russia may have discussed far-reaching nuclear and defence cooperation behind the closed doors of Hyderabad House during Vladimir Putin's visit on March 12. But according to sources in both the establishments, the Russian offer, still being kept under wraps in India, was almost not signed during Putin's visit.
For the state dinner at the presidential palace, she chose a Rohit Bal creation.
Kharge launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the Himachal Pradesh poll schedule was announced but not of Gujarat so that the PM can inaugurate many more bridges like the one that collapsed in Gujarat's Morbi.
The Delhi police may have been right after all to go ahead with the encounter at Batla House. If the confession of Mohammad Noushad, one of the accused in the Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru serial blasts is to be believed, then the boys who were killed at Batla House were infact a part of the Indian Mujahideen which created panic across the country in form of serial blasts.
Nearly two months after undergoing heart bypass surgery, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today returned to his normal engagements as he attended the official functions associated with the visit of Chilean President Michelle Bachelet.
Five weeks after undergoing bypass surgery, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will have his first official engagement on Wednesday when he holds talks with President of Benin Boni Yayi in New Delhi.
The Delhi police arrested five members of the Hindu Sena on Tuesday for allegedly vandalising the official residence of AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi at Ashoka Road in Delhi.
The protesters claimed that the visiting leader has no right to talk about border issue.
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